<p>India's 16-year-old Manu Bhaker comfortably won the gold in women's 10 air pistol while Heena Sidhu staged a remarkable recovery to secure silver at the 21st Commonwealth Games here today.</p>

<p>Shooter&nbsp;Ravi Kumar&nbsp;bagging a bronze medal in the Men's 10m Air Rifle final, taking India's tally to ten.&nbsp;Ravi Kumar&nbsp;fired a total of 224.1 to claim bronze, while his Indian counterpart Deepak Kumar got eliminated.</p>

<p>Bhaker's calm and composure belied her age as she shot 240.9 to break the Commonwealth Games record, finishing well ahead of her senior teammate Sidhu, who aggregated 234.</p>

<p>The bronze medal went to Australia's Elena Galiabovitch who ended with 214.9.</p>

<p>Bhaker was the overwhelming favourite to win the event, having bagged gold medals at the 2018 ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico and the following Junior World Cup in Sydney.</p>

<p>Sidhu too did well to win silver after she was on the verge of elimination at one stage. She had also won a silver at the Delhi Games in 2010.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Bhaker was the overwhelming favourite to win the event, having bagged multiple gold medals at the 2018 ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico and the subsequent Junior World Cup in Sydney.</p>

<p>The event in Mexico was also a maiden appearance for the young girl from the Jhajjar district in Haryana.</p>

<p>Such was India's dominance in the air pistol event that Bhaker and Sidhu were the only two shooters left in fray for the top honours.</p>

<p>On expected lines, Bhaker produced some excellent shooting and notched up 10 and above scores on 14 occasions in the eight-women finals, ending with a 10.4 to finish way ahead of pack.</p>

<p>Entering the Games after being embroiled in a controversy over the Sports Ministry's initial decision to refuse accreditation to her husband-cum-coach Ronak Pandit, Sidhu was off to a poor start and was staring at elimination at one stage, only to pull off a fine fightback and prove her detractors wrong.</p>

<p>After a series of scores of 9s, Sidhu found her bearings and shot 10-plus scores nine times to not just widen the gap but finish well ahead of the eventual bronze medallist.</p>

<p>There was no doubt about Bhaker -- she was miles ahead and certain to emerge champion when Sidhu and Galiabovitch were tied with 195 points with four more shots left in the finals. Bhaker had tallied 201.7 points by then.</p>

<p>After struggling to get going, Sidhu was back in medal contention with 175.3 points, courtesy a few 10-plus scores, even as Bhaker led with 180.2 points with six shots left.</p>

<p>Bhaker led with 141.5 points in Stage 2 Elimination, while Sidhu was placed sixth with 134.9 points.</p>

<p>Bhaker set the tempo when she recorded 101.5 at the end of first stage, leaving the others to play catch up for the rest of the finals. Her concentration was unwavering and she held her nerve all through to continue her golden run.</p>

<p>Shooting happened to her by chance after a brush with contact sports and for someone who took to the sport just a little over two years ago, winning with such consistency would easily qualify as some achievement.&nbsp;</p>


The Indian shooters dominated the qualification stage, claiming the top two spots going into the final.

India's 16-year-old Manu Bhaker comfortably won the gold in women's 10 air pistol while Heena Sidhu staged a remarkable recovery to secure silver at the 21st Commonwealth Games here today. Shooter Ravi Kumar bagging a bronze medal in the Men's 10m Air Rifle final, taking India's tally to ten. Ravi Kumar fired a total of 224.1 to claim bronze, while his Indian counterpart Deepak Kumar got eliminated. Bhaker's calm and composure belied her age as she shot 240.9 to break the Commonwealth Games record, finishing well ahead of her senior teammate Sidhu, who aggregated 234. The bronze medal went to Australia's Elena Galiabovitch who ended with 214.9. Bhaker was the overwhelming favourite to win the event, having bagged gold medals at the 2018 ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico and the following Junior World Cup in Sydney. Sidhu too did well to win silver after she was on the verge of elimination at one stage. She had also won a silver at the Delhi Games in 2010. Bhaker was the overwhelming favourite to win the event, having bagged multiple gold medals at the 2018 ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico and the subsequent Junior World Cup in Sydney. The event in Mexico was also a maiden appearance for the young girl from the Jhajjar district in Haryana. Such was India's dominance in the air pistol event that Bhaker and Sidhu were the only two shooters left in fray for the top honours. On expected lines, Bhaker produced some excellent shooting and notched up 10 and above scores on 14 occasions in the eight-women finals, ending with a 10.4 to finish way ahead of pack. Entering the Games after being embroiled in a controversy over the Sports Ministry's initial decision to refuse accreditation to her husband-cum-coach Ronak Pandit, Sidhu was off to a poor start and was staring at elimination at one stage, only to pull off a fine fightback and prove her detractors wrong. After a series of scores of 9s, Sidhu found her bearings and shot 10-plus scores nine times to not just widen the gap but finish well ahead of the eventual bronze medallist. There was no doubt about Bhaker -- she was miles ahead and certain to emerge champion when Sidhu and Galiabovitch were tied with 195 points with four more shots left in the finals. Bhaker had tallied 201.7 points by then. After struggling to get going, Sidhu was back in medal contention with 175.3 points, courtesy a few 10-plus scores, even as Bhaker led with 180.2 points with six shots left. Bhaker led with 141.5 points in Stage 2 Elimination, while Sidhu was placed sixth with 134.9 points. Bhaker set the tempo when she recorded 101.5 at the end of first stage, leaving the others to play catch up for the rest of the finals. Her concentration was unwavering and she held her nerve all through to continue her golden run. Shooting happened to her by chance after a brush with contact sports and for someone who took to the sport just a little over two years ago, winning with such consistency would easily qualify as some achievement.

CWG 2018: Bhaker wins 10m pistol gold, Sidhu silver, Kumar bags men's bronze

<p>Indian shooter Manu Bhaker bagged her second World Cup gold medal in&nbsp;a month, winning the junior women&#39;s 10m air pistol gold at the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in Sydney, Australia.</p>

<p>The 16-year-old did a double on the day, winning the Team Gold in the event as well with compatriots Devanshi Rana, who missed out on an individual medal after being placed fourth in the final, and Mahima Turhi Agrawal to end an amazing month for herself and extend a golden six month or so period of excellent performances.</p>

<p>Earlier, Bhaker created waves across the shooting world by winning the Senior World Cup gold at the same 10m Air Pistol Olympic event, in her senior team debut.</p>

<p>She then traversed across the globe via India to faraway shoot this Gold in the Junior World Cup.</p>

<p>This comes after the Asian Championships silver last year in Japan to secure a Youth Olympics quota for her country and nine Golds at the Shooting Nationals, all in the span of six months.</p>

<p>On Saturday, the day four of the Junior World Cup, Manu qualified second with a score of 570 behind a Thai girl who was in great form throughout the day- Kanyakom Hirunphoem was a clear six points at the top with 576.</p>

<p>Also, Kanyakom, even though still a junior, was far more experienced than Manu, having represented her country in the Asian Games at Incheon, way back in 2014.She shot off the blocks very strong in the final as well and appeared to be peaking just at the right time, when she edged ahead of Manu at the end of the 20th shot of the 24-shot final.</p>

<p>The duo was well clear of the chasing pack of six from the very onset of the final. At the end of the 22nd shot, Kanyakom was a point clear of Manu and had 0.9 to defend on the last shot. Manu shot a 9.8 while Kanyakom faltered with a 7.9 to seal the deal for the Indian champion.</p>

<p>Manu finished with 235.9 to Kanyakom`s 234.9 while Kaiman Liu of China won Bronze with 214.2.</p>

<p>After briefly being in contention for the Bronze, India`s Devanshi Rana finished fourth with a finals score of 195.3.</p>

<p>The trio of Manu, Devanshi and Mahima logged a combined 1693 to win the Team Gold ahead of China (Silver with 1681) and Thailand (bronze with 1673).India also picked up a further one gold, two silvers and two bronze medals in the day to finish with five gold, two silvers and five bronze medals in total, just behind China who have six golds.</p>


This comes after the Asian Championships silver last year in Japan

Indian shooter Manu Bhaker bagged her second World Cup gold medal in a month, winning the junior women's 10m air pistol gold at the ongoing International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun in Sydney, Australia. The 16-year-old did a double on the day, winning the Team Gold in the event as well with compatriots Devanshi Rana, who missed out on an individual medal after being placed fourth in the final, and Mahima Turhi Agrawal to end an amazing month for herself and extend a golden six month or so period of excellent performances. Earlier, Bhaker created waves across the shooting world by winning the Senior World Cup gold at the same 10m Air Pistol Olympic event, in her senior team debut. She then traversed across the globe via India to faraway shoot this Gold in the Junior World Cup. This comes after the Asian Championships silver last year in Japan to secure a Youth Olympics quota for her country and nine Golds at the Shooting Nationals, all in the span of six months. On Saturday, the day four of the Junior World Cup, Manu qualified second with a score of 570 behind a Thai girl who was in great form throughout the day- Kanyakom Hirunphoem was a clear six points at the top with 576. Also, Kanyakom, even though still a junior, was far more experienced than Manu, having represented her country in the Asian Games at Incheon, way back in 2014.She shot off the blocks very strong in the final as well and appeared to be peaking just at the right time, when she edged ahead of Manu at the end of the 20th shot of the 24-shot final. The duo was well clear of the chasing pack of six from the very onset of the final. At the end of the 22nd shot, Kanyakom was a point clear of Manu and had 0.9 to defend on the last shot. Manu shot a 9.8 while Kanyakom faltered with a 7.9 to seal the deal for the Indian champion. Manu finished with 235.9 to Kanyakom`s 234.9 while Kaiman Liu of China won Bronze with 214.2. After briefly being in contention for the Bronze, India`s Devanshi Rana finished fourth with a finals score of 195.3. The trio of Manu, Devanshi and Mahima logged a combined 1693 to win the Team Gold ahead of China (Silver with 1681) and Thailand (bronze with 1673).India also picked up a further one gold, two silvers and two bronze medals in the day to finish with five gold, two silvers and five bronze medals in total, just behind China who have six golds.

ISSF Junior WC: Manu Bhaker bags gold in 10m Air Pistol

<p>India&#39;s gold tally increased after pistol shooter <a href="http://www.wionews.com/sports/issf-world-cup-16-year-old-manu-bhaker-grabs-gold-for-india-34676">Manu Bhaker</a> contributed her second gold medal in the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup when she partnered Om Prakash Mitharval for the 10m Air Pistol mixed team gold on Monday.</p>

<p>Bhaker won her <a href="http://www.wionews.com/sports/issf-world-cup-16-year-old-manu-bhaker-grabs-gold-for-india-34676">second Gold medal</a> a day after she won the Women&#39;s 10m Air Pistol Gold on her senior World Cup debut.</p>

<p>In total, India has now won seven medals and are top of the medal tally in the ongoing International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun stage in Guadalajara, Mexico.</p>

<p>In the final, there were three pairs in contention from the very beginning. India 1 represented by <a href="http://www.wionews.com/sports/issf-world-cup-16-year-old-manu-bhaker-grabs-gold-for-india-34676">Manu and Om Prakash</a>, European team consisting of Germany and the French nationals Celine Goberville and Florian Fouquet respectively.</p>

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<p>After a tough battle between the three, the Indian and the German pair pulled ahead of the French pair decisively after 38 shots, with the Germans ahead of the Indians.</p>

<p>With the final six shots remaining the Germans were ahead of the Indians by 0.1, but Manu and Om Prakash finished strong clinching the battle at the eleventh hour after 48 shots, which was a point ahead of the Germans.</p>

<p>The final scores were in favour of the Indians read 476.1 to 475.2. Mahima Agrawal and Shahzar Rizvi finished fourth with a score of 372.4 in the finals.</p>

<p>The pair of Mehuli Ghosh and Deepak Kumar had won a Bronze in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed team event, making it a total of seven medals in three days for India.</p>

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<p>In the Women&#39;s Trap, India&#39;s Seema Tomar was the best finisher, scored 111 in qualifying to end in 15th spot. Shreyasi Singh shot 106 to finish 22nd while Shagun Chowdhary shot 101 to be placed 26th.</p>

<p>At the end of the first day of qualification round in Men&#39;s Trap, India&#39;s Kynan Chenai shot 49 out of 50 to end at the number 6 spot. Zoravar Singh Sandhu shot 46 to lay 28thwhile Manavjit Singh Sandhu shot 42 to be in 47th place.</p>

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Manu Bhaker partnered with Om Prakash Mitharval for the 10m Air Pistol mixed and grab the gold for India

India's gold tally increased after pistol shooter Manu Bhaker contributed her second gold medal in the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup when she partnered Om Prakash Mitharval for the 10m Air Pistol mixed team gold on Monday. Bhaker won her second Gold medal a day after she won the Women's 10m Air Pistol Gold on her senior World Cup debut. In total, India has now won seven medals and are top of the medal tally in the ongoing International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun stage in Guadalajara, Mexico. In the final, there were three pairs in contention from the very beginning. India 1 represented by Manu and Om Prakash, European team consisting of Germany and the French nationals Celine Goberville and Florian Fouquet respectively. ???????? INDIA!! ???????? GERMANY!! ???????? FRANCE!!#ISSFWC pic.twitter.com/q9OrBS5zic — ISSF (@ISSF_Shooting) March 5, 2018 × After a tough battle between the three, the Indian and the German pair pulled ahead of the French pair decisively after 38 shots, with the Germans ahead of the Indians. With the final six shots remaining the Germans were ahead of the Indians by 0.1, but Manu and Om Prakash finished strong clinching the battle at the eleventh hour after 48 shots, which was a point ahead of the Germans. The final scores were in favour of the Indians read 476.1 to 475.2. Mahima Agrawal and Shahzar Rizvi finished fourth with a score of 372.4 in the finals. The pair of Mehuli Ghosh and Deepak Kumar had won a Bronze in the 10m Air Rifle Mixed team event, making it a total of seven medals in three days for India. ???????? CHINA!! ???????? ROMANIA!! ???????? INDIA!!#ISSFWC pic.twitter.com/Mqk59zUdRF — ISSF (@ISSF_Shooting) March 5, 2018 × In the Women's Trap, India's Seema Tomar was the best finisher, scored 111 in qualifying to end in 15th spot. Shreyasi Singh shot 106 to finish 22nd while Shagun Chowdhary shot 101 to be placed 26th. At the end of the first day of qualification round in Men's Trap, India's Kynan Chenai shot 49 out of 50 to end at the number 6 spot. Zoravar Singh Sandhu shot 46 to lay 28thwhile Manavjit Singh Sandhu shot 42 to be in 47th place.

ISSF World Cup: Manu Bhaker strikes gold again

<p>India&#39;s 16-year-old shooting sensation Manu Bhaker has won the women&#39;s 10m air pistol<a href="http://www.wionews.com/sports/issf-world-cup-shooter-shahzar-rizvi-grabs-maiden-gold-jitu-rai-and-mehuli-ghosh-settle-for-bronze-34578"> gold</a> at the <a href="http://www.wionews.com/sports/issf-world-cup-shooter-shahzar-rizvi-grabs-maiden-gold-jitu-rai-and-mehuli-ghosh-settle-for-bronze-34578">International Shooting Sports Federation</a> (ISSF) shooting <a href="http://www.wionews.com/sports/issf-world-cup-shooter-shahzar-rizvi-grabs-maiden-gold-jitu-rai-and-mehuli-ghosh-settle-for-bronze-34578">World Cup</a> in Guadalajara.</p>

<p>Manu Bhaker burst into prominence by winning 9 gold medals at India&#39;s national competition in December and served a reminder of her class by qualifying for the 8 woman final with a junior world record of 572 out of 600.</p>

<p>In the final, Bhaker went toe to toe with her compatriot and junior world champion Yashaswini Singh Deswal and was way ahead of Olympic medalists Anna Korakkaki and Celine Goberville.</p>

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<p>In the 10m Air Rifle men, Ravi Kumar from India settled for Bronze.</p>

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<p>A few low shots dropped them both down and while Deswal fell out of contention and finished 4th, bhaker battled on.</p>

<p>She was seemingly set for 2nd place but shot a near perfect 10.8 on the last shot to pip Mexico&#39;s Alajandra Zavala right at the end.</p>

<p>It is India&#39;s 2nd gold of the World Cup and takes the tally to 5 medals so far as <a href="http://www.wionews.com/sports/issf-world-cup-shooter-shahzar-rizvi-grabs-maiden-gold-jitu-rai-and-mehuli-ghosh-settle-for-bronze-34578">Shahzar Rizvi</a> made his maiden International Shooting Sports Federation World Cup appearance a memorable one by winning the gold medal in the 10m air pistol event.</p>


16-year-old Manu Bhaker becomes the youngest Indian to win a shooting World Cup as she wins the 10-meter air pistol gold in Mexico also Ravi Kumar settled for Bronze in the 10m air rifle men's category

India's 16-year-old shooting sensation Manu Bhaker has won the women's 10m air pistol gold at the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) shooting World Cup in Guadalajara. Manu Bhaker burst into prominence by winning 9 gold medals at India's national competition in December and served a reminder of her class by qualifying for the 8 woman final with a junior world record of 572 out of 600. In the final, Bhaker went toe to toe with her compatriot and junior world champion Yashaswini Singh Deswal and was way ahead of Olympic medalists Anna Korakkaki and Celine Goberville. ...and we have a 16 years old gold medalist in Guadalajara! #ISSFWC pic.twitter.com/ZB0PnNEm2b — ISSF (@ISSF_Shooting) March 4, 2018 × In the 10m Air Rifle men, Ravi Kumar from India settled for Bronze. At the end of a thrilling match, world number 1 Istvan Peni of Hungary ???????? pockets his first World Cup gold in the Air Rifle! #ISSFWC pic.twitter.com/31p4IgIWcS — ISSF (@ISSF_Shooting) March 4, 2018 × A few low shots dropped them both down and while Deswal fell out of contention and finished 4th, bhaker battled on. She was seemingly set for 2nd place but shot a near perfect 10.8 on the last shot to pip Mexico's Alajandra Zavala right at the end. It is India's 2nd gold of the World Cup and takes the tally to 5 medals so far as Shahzar Rizvi made his maiden International Shooting Sports Federation World Cup appearance a memorable one by winning the gold medal in the 10m air pistol event.

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